Wringer attachment



L. F. DOELLINGEH.

WRINGER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.2, 1920.

Patented Apr. 26, 19210 fm1/enter;

uNlr srArEs PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS F. DOELLINGER, OF WATERLOO, IGWA.=

WRINGEE ATTACHMENT.

improvement is to provide means for'preventing clothes or the likel frombecoming en wrapped about ,rollsof a wringer and to render such meanssusceptible of ood frictional contact with the rolls and 'se fadjust f,ing vertically as@ required conformably to the operation of the rollsupon the clothes.

My invention herein also constitutes an improvement upon my wringerattachment patented April (i, 1920, No. 1,335,957

The above object has been accomplished by the means which is hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective side elevationof aclotheswringer equipped with my pivotally connected coacting vdevicesfor preventing the enwrapping or clothes about either roll; F ig". 2 isan enlarged pers ective view of said coacting devices alone ig.'3 is aView, partly in end elevation and partly'in crosssection of saidcoacting devices and wringerrolls aboutwhich they are movably. andremovably mounted, and Fig. 4 is a 'perspective View of theclamping-means used to movably mount said devices upon a frame elementof a wringen .Similar j numerals of reference denote `similar parts'throughout the several views. i 40 l My invention comprises twolikecoacting devices or hangers 1, on each end of a longitudinal fixed rod iin each case, the ends of each rod being fixed in its hanger a shortdistance above the lower end of the latter. pair of like but reversedhangers are placed next to each other at each end of the device, eachhanger having its upper part curved over in. 'an arched form terminatingin la short end 2, the short end 2 of one yhangger only of each reversedpair'being pivotally connected to the other hanger of the same pair on apintle 3. The inner arched. parts of said pairs of hangers only anerigidly connected' by a rod 6.

The rods i and 6 are preferably incased in a'SOft flexible tubularwrapping 5 and 7 re- Specication of Letters Patent.

, Application filed December 2, 1920. Serial No. 427,694.

Patented Apr. 2e, 1921.

spectively, which as shown may be a relatively thick layer of soft'cloth having a nap. The rod 6 is positioned medially upon the innerarched parts 3 of the inner hangers anda fiat body 8 is extended'alongthe rod '6 and its wrapping to project vertically upward, and has inthemiddle of its length a vertical slot 11 enlarged circularly at itslower end 12 like an inverted key-hole. This body or rigid plater 8extends nearl the whole length of said rod'- and its lower margin isbent to one side, providing a horifzontal flange 9 which is secured byrivets 1Q to the rodv below. l When the above described wringerattachmentk is positioned asl shown in Figs. 1 and 3 above and laboutthe rolls 20 and 21 of a wringer 19, the longitudinal vertical. plate 48abuts upon and along a transverse frame member of bar 18 vof theWringer.

Referring to said Fig. l1, thenumeral 13 denotes a shortflat horizontalbar having its opposite ends bent upwardly at right angles at 14 andI16, said ends having threaded openings to receive screws 15 and 17respectively; Adjacent the raisedI end 16 the bar 13 is diminished inwidth at 23 by l beingy notched at opposite sides.

' l The bar 13 may be inserted Vthrough the eye 12 of the slot 11 tolocate its narrowed part 23 to pass the latter part into andverticallyalong the slot 11 when the bar is moved upwardly to place its ends 14and 16 along opposite faces ofthe frame-bar 18, and the screws 15 and 17may then be turned 'to removably secure'the ban 13 to the bar 18.

The lower roll 21) of the wringer 19 is a soft rubber body mounted on'adriven-shaft.

22A, and the latter may be positivlyrotated by anydesired means, such asb powertransmission mechanism operated y a motor, or by a hand-crank.The soft flexible wrappings 5 and 7 on the hanger members 4- and 6respectively afford ayielding frictional contact with the rolls 21 and20 reover of parts of clothes between the members 4.- and 6. and saidrolls.J which might occur with bare rods. l

The slotted standard plate 8 being freely movable vertically because ofthe loose connection to the fastening-bar 13 at the narrowed part 23,can yield upwardly with the roll 20 when an unusually 4thiclr part ofclothing is being passed betweenthe rolls, without becoming relativelydisplaced from the upper roll, thus causing the device to functionperfectly at all times.

The hanger-members 1--2 may be otherwise associated or connected :torrelative movements, as combined With the other said improvements Withoutdeparting from my invention.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising pivotally connectedcoacting hangers supported removably and vertically movable on arelatively Fixed element of a Wringer above the upper roll of a' pair ofrolls, and having deHector-members respectively extended along the topof the upper roll and along opposite sides of the lower roll.

2. A device of the character described, comprising pivotally connectedcoacting I hangers positioned above and about opposite sides' of a pairof Wringer rolls, said hangers immer having derlector-membersrespectively extended along'tlie top of the upper roll and alongopposite sides of the lower roll, a vertically slotted standard ixedupon the delectolnmember which is extended along the upper roll, andclampingmeans traversing the slot in said standard and the lattermovable vertically therealong, said clampingmeans being releasablysecured to a relatively ixed element of the Wringer.

3. A device of the character described, comprising movably connectedcoacting hangers supported removably on a Wringer above the upper rollthereof and having' delectoremembers respectively extended along the topof the upper roll and along opposite sides of the lower roll, and softflexible wrappings mounted around said delectormembers to contactfrictionally and yieldi ingly with said rolls.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa., this 4th day oi' Nov. 1920.

LUUlS F. DUELLINGER.

